Identification by positron emission tomography of neuronal loss in acute vegetative state

Lancet. 2000 Jan 8;355(9198):115-6. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(99)04280-4.

Abstract

Positron emission tomography with the benzodiazepine receptor ligand carbon-11-labelled flumazenil Identified the extent of neuronal damage in acute vegetative state and predicted the possibility of recovery of consciousness and function.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Binding Sites
  • Flumazenil
  • Humans
  • Neurons / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neurons / pathology*
  • Persistent Vegetative State / diagnostic imaging*
  • Radiography
  • Receptors, GABA-A
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed*

Substances

  • Receptors, GABA-A
  • Flumazenil